The Power of Business Partnering with The AA’s Karl Walton and Bibby Financial Services’ Tom Mills #37

“What is procurement to an organization? Always come back to that.”The power of business partnering is an often unfulfilled potential which can massively improve a procurement function’s impact on a business. Overcoming that first hurdle and making those connections is made easier through proper collaboration with the rest of the business, and helping stakeholders to understand the value in procurement.On this episode of Talent Talks we hear from Karl Walton, Senior IT Procurement Manager at The AA, and Tom Mills, who’s setting up an exciting new procurement function at Bibby Financial Services. We deep dive into introducing self service procurement into a function, how jargon-free training can help educate the whole business into seeing procurement’s potential, and the key pillars of a procurement framework.This episode of Talent Talks covers:How to embed effective business partnering in a procurement functionProving your worth without overpromising or under-deliveringDefining, measuring and delivering value in procurementTraining stakeholders to be advocates for procurementRaising the profile of the profession both internally and externallyThis episode of Talent Talks is sponsored by 4C Associates - a leading European procurement and supply chain consultancy, who work collaboratively with forward-thinking clients to deliver real business value across a wide range of transformation and cost optimisation service offerings. Visit https://www.4cassociates.com/ for more information.Links and references at: https://talentdrive.co.uk/

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The Talent Talks Podcast provides regular insights and guidance to procurement and supply chain professionals. Host, Martin Smith interviews CPO's within large corporations and brands in the UK such as John Lewis, Mars, Babcock International, Managing Directors of procurement specialist companies including as Procurement Excellence and Embedded IT as well as thought-leaders and authors from the sector. Martin Smith, founder of Talent Drive is a specialist procurement and supply chain recruiter. He uses his network and expertise to provide insightful, thought provoking discussions, as well as providing tips on building your own career in the industry. The podcast is just one area of #projectprocurement; Martin's network of like-minded procurement professionals including webinars, content and events. Register your email to find out about our next meet-up and get involved: https://bit.ly/talenttalksmailinglist We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast, and do please reach out if you'd like to be a guest; [email protected]. All links and references at https://talentdrive.co.uk/